a. 
Date of elections. The regular City election shall be held on the 1st Tuesday after the 1st Monday in November each year.
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Officers to be elected. The qualified voters of the City of Belfast shall cast their ballots at the regular City election for the following municipal officers: Mayor; City Councilors; Board of Directors, MSAD #34; Wardens; and Ward Clerks.
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Determination of election results. All the votes cast for the several officers shall be sorted, counted, declared and registered in open ward meeting, by causing the names of the persons voted for and the number of votes given for each to be written on the ward record at length. The ward clerk shall forthwith deliver to the persons elected warden and ward clerk certification of their election, and shall forthwith deliver to the City Clerk a certified copy of the record of such election.
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Eligibility, tenure and qualifications. The wardens and ward clerks as provided in the preceding section shall be residents of the wards for which they are elected, and shall hold their offices for a term of two years from the first Monday following the regular City election, and until others have been chosen and qualified in their stead.
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Oath of office. The warden and ward clerk shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties by the person presiding in the ward meeting, or by the clerk thereof, or by a dedimus justice, and a certificate of such oath shall be entered by the clerk in the City records.
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Powers, duties and vacancies. The warden shall preside at all ward meetings with the powers of the moderators of town meetings, and if at any meeting the warden shall not be present, the clerk of the ward shall call the meeting to order and preside until a warden pro tempore shall be chosen and qualified. The clerk shall record all proceedings and certify the votes given, and deliver over to the successor in office all such records and journals together with all documents and papers held by the clerk.
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Ward meetings. All ward meetings shall be notified and called by the City Council in the manner provided in the laws of the State for notifying and calling town meetings by the select persons of the several towns.
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Nominations of candidates. The nomination of all candidates for elective office provided for by this Charter shall be by petitions.
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Office of Mayor; number of signatures required. The petition of candidates for Mayor shall be signed by not less than 75 nor more than 125 qualified voters of the City.
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Other elective offices; number of signatures required. The petitions of candidates for Councilors, Board of Directors, School Administrative District, wardens and ward clerks shall be signed by not less than 25 nor more than 100 qualified voters of the City.
The signatures to the nomination petition need not all be appended to one paper, but to each separate paper there shall be attached an affidavit of the circulator, stating the number of signers of such paper and that each signature on it was made in the circulator's presence and is the genuine signature of the person whose name it purports to be. Each signer shall indicate, next to this signature, the street and the number of their place of residence. All signatures shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil.
The names of candidates nominated for office as provided for in this Charter shall be arranged on the ballot by lot. The City Clerk shall designate a date, time and place for the drawing of lots for each office to be filled. Each candidate for office or a representative shall be notified in writing of the drawing and be entitled to be present.
The City Council shall provide for voting machines or other devices for voting or counting votes, and voting places.
The provisions of Title 30-A M.R.S.A. § 2553 and Title 21-A M.R.S.A. § 351, as amended, relative to the management of elections, insofar as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, except as otherwise provided in this Charter.